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Flight, December 7, 1933 AIRCRAFT ENGINEER AND AIRSHIPS First Aeronautical Weekly in the World. Founded January, 1909 Founder and Editor: STANLEY SPOONER A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ROYAL AERO CLUB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM No. 1302. (™„.>gV) 25th Year. DECEMBER 7, 1933 Weekly, Price 6d. Post Free, 7Jd. Abroad, 8d. Editorial Offices: 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET KINGSWAY, W.C.2 Telephone: (2 lines), Holborn 3211 and 1884. Telegrams : Truditur, Westcent, London Subscription Rates, Post Free. UNITED KINGDOM i. d. 3 Months .. 8 3 6 „ . - 16 6 OTHER COUNTRIES s. d. 3 Months .. 8 9 6 .. .. 17 6 12 „ .. 33 0 12 „ .. 35 0 CONTENTS Editorial Comment: Airports The Airports Conference British Air Armament Air Transport and Commerce : Civil Flying in Australia Those Atlantic Seadromes Martlesham Dines the Industry From the Clubs Hampshire Club Dinner Airisms from the Four Winds Airport News Correspondence l>e Havilland Works Dinner Book Reviews Royal Air Force Air Post Stamps PAGE 1209 1211 1236 1237 1239 1241 1242 1242 1244 1246 1247 1247 1248 1249 1250 DIARY OF CURRENT AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS Club Secretaries and others desirous of announcing the dates of important fixtures are invited to send particulars for inclusion in this list:— Dec. 7. " Possible Future Development of Aircraft Engines." Lecture by A. H. R. Fedden before R.Ae.S. Dec. 8. Calshot Reunion Dinner, at R.A.F. Club, Piccadilly, W.l. Dec. 8. The Airports Conference, Mansion House Dec. 13. London Ae.C. Annual Dinner and Dance, Park Lane Hotel. Dec. 14. "Light Alloys for Aeronautical Purposes." Lecture by Dr. L. Aitcbison before R.Ae.S. Dec. 15. Close of entries for International Touring Competi tion (1934), Poland. Dec. 18-24. International Rally at Cairo and Meeting of the F.A.I. Dec. 28. Irish Ae.C. Annual Dance, Gresham Hotel, Dublin, Dee. 29. Liverpool and Dis. Ae.C. Annual Ball, Grosvenor Hotel, Chester. 1934 una. 11 Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. 16 Feb. 18. 19, 24 " Testing of Aircraft Landing Mechanisms and Some Factors Affecting Design." Lecture by W. D. Douglas, before R-Ae.S. " Ethyl," Lecture by F. R. Banks before R.Ae.S. Newcastle-on-Tyne Ae.C. Annual Ball, Barras Bridge Assembly Rooms. "Development of the Fleet Air Arm." Lecture by Wing Com. W. R. D. Acland before R.U.S.I. " Engine Cowlings," lecture by J. D. North before RAe.8. "Engines." Lecture by Capt. A. G. Forsyth before R.Ae.S. Bristol and Wessex Ae.C Annual Ball, Grand Spa Hotel, Clifton. 21. "Developmentof Aircraft and Its Influence on Air Operations." Lecture by Sq. Ldr. R. V. Goddard before R.U.SJ. 8. EDITORIAL COMMENT OT so very long ago it certainly seemed that internal air transport in this country had very little future. The British system of surface transport, by road and rail, is the best in the world, while the distances are short and the weather is of the worst, from the flying point of view. Here and there the map seemed to suggest a route where air transport would score, notably between Glasgow and Belfast, but early attempts to find a profit on that route were not too successful. Perhaps Airports they were too early. It never pays to push air operations ahead of aero nautical developments. We find a striking example of that in the book about the Houston flights over Everest (which is reviewed on another page in this issue), where the organisers of the expedition state that it was only the development of the Bristol " Pegasus " engine which made the flights possible. Likewise, Imperial Airways' officials have said that they had no really commercial aeroplane until the Armstrong- Whitworth firm produced the " Argosy." Internal air transport will only become a profitable under taking when the right types of aeroplane are developed and used. Aeronautical science is now advancing to the stage where even the original doubters will have to recast their ideas about the possibilities of internal air transport in Great Britain. Machines can now be produced which will definitely show a profit on a suitable route if they can get full loads, while the airmindedness of the people is now such that full loads no longer seem a mere beautiful dream. The progress of late has been so rapid that we dare look ahead and prophesy with confidence that the quali ties which we still lack will soon be in our possession. Fog is no longer the lion in the path which it was once believed to be. Instrument-flying is taught efficiently in many flying schools, and now the art of flying with confidence and safety through fog and darkness is not confined to a handful of experts at the Central Flying School. Before long wireless installations, even on small aeroplanes, may be as regular a fitting as are bumpers on the modern motor
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